Co-Founder, CEOJibu
Galen Welsch co-founded Jibu in 2012 and under his leadership Jibu has quickly become the world's largest social franchise network bringing affordable drinking water access to thousands, and creating hundreds of jobs, mostly for youth, across East Africa.
In addition to Jibu, Galen is an active YPO member, an Advisory Board member of the University of New Hampshire's Rosenberg International Franchise Center (RIFC), on the Advisory Council of Santa Clara University's Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, and an advisor / or Board member for several African start ups.
Galen has been an advocate for leveraging business model equity for systems change and presented at events including Harvard's Social Enterprise Conference, the UN General Assembly's Global Development Lab showcase, and the International Franchise Association (IFA) conference. More re business model (versus product) impact: https://nextbillion.net/as-impact-investors-we-often-miss-one-thing-who-has-the-power/